Thursday, July 5, 2012

Follow Friday #24 and TGIF #8


Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Rachel of Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read!


Q: Jumping Genres: Ever pick up a book from a genre you usually don't like and LOVE it? Tell us about it and why you picked it up in the first place. 

A: I have done this with both High Fantasy and Contemporary Romance.  In High Fantasy I picked up Candlewax by C. Baily Sims. The book was so magical to me and I fell in love  after just a few pages. The book was offered on Netgalley and after reading a part in the synopsis about a giant talking cat, I figured I needed to see what it was all about. It was such a great read. On Contemporary Romance side it was a few that really dug deep into my heart. The most memorable one was How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles. I picked this one up because the title just made me giggle and the synopsis sounded fun. It was a very fun book, but surprise, very emotional and deep too. I have learned to not judge a book by it's genre and just read everything! 



CandlewaxHow to Ruin a Summer Vacation (How to Ruin, #1)


   
    
                
TGIF is a weekly meme hosted by Ginger at GReads


Q: Comfort Reads: Which books do you go to for comfort & familiarity? Is there a type of book you seek out when you're needing that extra bit of comfort in your life?

A: Twilight will always be my books of familiarity, they are easy reads for me. I can start and stop anytime since I know the story so well. When I just want to read but don't want to get too involved, I can pick one up. Although that does not happen much. There is way too much to read there.

Books of comfort would be anything light and fluffy. A cute love story, or a book that just keeps me laughing like Diary of a Wimpy kid.

I read just about anything, but when entering a book store, I go straight for the YA paranormal fir
st. 



Weekly recap for June 29th - July 5th 


Reviews:


Frogs & French Kisses by Sarah Mylnowski 


Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan


Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross 
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Blog Tours: 


Spectral by Shannon Duffy 


Silent Song by Ron C. Nieto


Features: 


Shelf Candy Saturday


Mailbox Monday 


Teaser Tuesday and Top Ten Tuesday


Waiting on Wednesday and W.W.W. Wednesday.


Giveaways:


Summer Reads Giveaway Hop


Silent Song Ebook


Giveaway Winners Announced:


Unsacred Gift b C.S. Dorsey- Entry #32Lisa A.

Kindle Keepsake: Camille and Heart of a Huntress by Tess Oliver- Entry #7Christina M.





11 comments:

  1. Hopping through. I didn't really like high fantasy until I read Harry Potter (although that's not really high fantasy). Now I read a lot of it.
    My Hop

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  2. I am the same way with Contemporary, til I read Decadent Dreams and it made me rethink my opinion of the genre.

    MyFF

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  3. I havent read either of those, maybe I'll have to look into them.

    New follower via GFC

    -Amanda P
    Paranormal Romance

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  4. Nice! Like the Obsidian couple on that book there! ;)

    Here's my Friday Hops

    Have a GREAT weekend!

    Old Follower :)

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  5. We should be limited to certain genres only.

    New follower.
    <a href="http://www.escapismfromreality.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/feature-and-follow-friday-18.html#comment-form>MY FF</a>

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  6. Ah, I wish cute and fluffy would comfort me, too! Oh and Twilight! I don't like the books anymore, but I think if I read them, they'd comfort me anyway. *g*

    Patricia // My Hop

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  7. We should try new genres every once in awhile.

    http://theplotthickensbookblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/feature-follow.html

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  8. New follower ^^

    http://thedailyprophecy.blogspot.nl/2012/07/feature-follow-7.html

    Isn't it great to find new books, which make you fall in love with a new genre? :D

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  9. I think it's great that you enjoy Twilight so much! It may not be a personal favorite, but I love it when people started to re-enjoy reading because of that series.

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  10. Light & fluffy works for when I'm in the mood for a comfy read too - although I have to admit, I haven't read any of the Twilight books yet.

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  11. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Old follower.

    I just can't get myself to read contemporary stuff. Maybe I need to find one that intrigues me like that book did for you.

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